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was formed in 1966 by merging Kwilu, Kwango and Mai-Ndombe. As of 2008 Kwilu
District contained the territories of
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458:Demography of Tropical Africa
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541:"Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces"
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70: /
961:Categories
942:South Kivu
895:North Kivu
739:Sud-Ubangi
701:Cataractes
696:Bas-Fleuve
673:Mai-Ndombe
550:2020-08-05
545:Rulers.org
533:2020-08-08
520:(2009–1),
500:2011-11-22
412:Blaes 2008
385:Brass 2015
373:Brass 2015
361:Brass 2015
313:References
215:Mai-Ndombe
58:18°49′00″E
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909:Orientale
901:Nord Kivu
866:Mont Amba
838:Tanganika
795:Tshilenge
688:Bas-Congo
642:Districts
567:19 August
474:20 August
449:681334449
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948:Sud-Kivu
917:Bas-Uele
848:Kinshasa
724:Équateur
716:Équateur
678:Plateaux
655:Bandundu
600:17 April
591:Archived
296:See also
243:Bandundu
189:present
149:Location
137:and the
104:District
97:Bandundu
92:Province
30:District
887:Maniema
881:Maniema
871:Tshangu
861:Lukunga
818:Lualaba
813:Kolwezi
805:Katanga
790:Sankuru
785:Kabinda
744:Tshuapa
729:Mongala
648:(–2015)
644:of the
640:Former
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227:Bulungu
167:Lusambo
83:Country
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706:Lukaya
663:Kwango
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239:Idiofa
223:Bagata
213:, and
211:Kwango
119:French
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767:Lulua
762:Kasai
668:Kwilu
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207:Kwilu
143:Kwilu
127:Dutch
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602:2020
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